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Spanish Cinema

Spanish Cinema

Rob Stone

Paperback, Nov 2001
ISBN13: 9780582437159
ISBN10: 0582437156
From the surrealist films of Luis Buñuel to the colourful melodramas of Pedro Almodóvar, Spain has produced a wealth of exciting and distinctive film-makers who have consistently provided a condoning...
Contemporary US Cinema

Contemporary US Cinema

Michael Allen

Paperback, Oct 2002
ISBN13: 9780582437760
ISBN10: 0582437768
Contemporary US Cinema examines important developments in American film-making over the past three decades, citing them as instances both of change and of continuity within the practices and proc...
Contemporary Film Theory
This judicious selection of key works by Stephen Heath, Fredrick Jameson, Laura Mulvey, Mary Ann Doanne and others, represents some of the most important contemporary writing about film. ...
Shakespeare on Film

Shakespeare on Film

Judith Buchanan

Paperback, Sep 2005
ISBN13: 9780582437166
ISBN10: 0582437164
This carefully researched and accessibly written book offers textual and contextual analysis of an extensive breadth of Shakespeare’s films ranging from the silent era to the present day.Nin...
Film Noir

Film Noir

Andrew Spicer

Paperback, May 2002
ISBN13: 9780582437128
ISBN10: 0582437121
Lucidly written, Film Noir is an accessible informative and stimulating introduction that has a broad appeal to undergraduates, cineastes, film teachers and researchers....
Russian Cinema

Russian Cinema

David Gillespie

Paperback, Oct 2002
ISBN13: 9780582437906
ISBN10: 0582437903
Russian Cinema takes in over 300 films in its lively and informative exploration of the cinematic genres that have developed over almost 100 years, with discussion of the work of Eisenst...
John Ford

John Ford

Brian Spittles

Paperback, Jan 2002
ISBN13: 9780582424043
ISBN10: 0582424046
This text explores the major movies through discussion of their themes and techniques and reveals how much Ford was concerned with the very issues that are central to us today: gender, race, the treat...
Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Nicholas Haeffner

Paperback, Jul 2005
ISBN13: 9780582437388
ISBN10: 0582437385
Nicholas Haeffner provides a comprehensive introduction to Alfred Hitchcock’s major British and Hollywood films, navigating students through a wealth of critical commentaries. One of...